Colonna Antonina

Colonna Antonina

Item Information

Title:
Colonna Antonina
Title (translated):
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Title (alt.):
XIII. Fig. I. Colonna Antonina
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. dis. inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 1: Piranesi Antichità Romane: Opera del Cavaliere > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1
Subjects:
Columns
Monuments & memorials
Archaeological sites
Plazas
Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
colonne de Marc-Aurèle
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 14 x 21 cm, on sheet 61 x 46 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
Italian
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 302
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 1, plate 13, figure 1
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower left. Lettered with plate and figure information, plate upper margin: Tav. XIII, Fig. I. On same sheet as Wilton-Ely II: 303
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.01
Identifier:
19_04_vol01_013
Barcode:
36666004386328